tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74878728166749898332016-11-30T06:10:33.783-08:00Project Movie HouseThe lost theaters of our youth.Allen Pinneynoreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-34916156467437909112012-11-19T12:27:00.002-08:002012-11-19T12:27:41.037-08:00Sorry to say...I have decided to back-burner Project Movie House, pretty much indefinitely.<br /><br />I have been unable to devote the necessary time and resources to the project that I had originally planned to. As a result the posts have been hit or miss and research trips have become non-existent.<br /><br />Hopefully, some day, in the future I can get back to this little slice of historical pie.<br /><br />Until then, thanks for all your help, readership and suggestions. And by all means, keep those cards and letters coming, I love getting mail!<br /><br /><i>- Allen</i><br /><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-18262038057466523222012-10-15T08:27:00.000-07:002012-10-15T08:27:08.854-07:00GE says: 25,000 TV Recievers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u8yt33dXk0A/UHwq_G4shTI/AAAAAAAAGJY/7sCW9YuJyng/s1600/Boxoffice_TV+no_061149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u8yt33dXk0A/UHwq_G4shTI/AAAAAAAAGJY/7sCW9YuJyng/s640/Boxoffice_TV+no_061149.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boxoffice Magazine, June 11, 1949</div><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-69156004380420961642012-10-15T08:24:00.003-07:002012-10-15T08:24:39.788-07:00Good Drive-In Season Predicted<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qWW2TZWbCDA/UHwqIywdBlI/AAAAAAAAGJQ/SaJGdMB-Tf0/s1600/Boxoffice_Good+Season_060449.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qWW2TZWbCDA/UHwqIywdBlI/AAAAAAAAGJQ/SaJGdMB-Tf0/s400/Boxoffice_Good+Season_060449.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Click to Enlarge)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boxoffice Magazine, June 4, 1949</div><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-91402032969872250272012-10-15T08:20:00.002-07:002012-10-15T08:21:24.390-07:00Upstate Theatres booking Indian Ladder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VlFe8qxKIZY/UHwpbqpBOqI/AAAAAAAAGJI/bEmtZpSHfNo/s1600/Boxoffice_Indian+Ladder_062549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VlFe8qxKIZY/UHwpbqpBOqI/AAAAAAAAGJI/bEmtZpSHfNo/s400/Boxoffice_Indian+Ladder_062549.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boxoffice Magazine, June 25, 1949</div><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-70847375506280471162012-10-15T08:16:00.000-07:002012-10-15T08:18:19.239-07:00Carman Drive-In open at MacCormack's Corners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CO6rudbCIRc/UHwoNcy1fuI/AAAAAAAAGI4/5_f3TaF1c6Q/s1600/Boxoffice_Carman_110549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CO6rudbCIRc/UHwoNcy1fuI/AAAAAAAAGI4/5_f3TaF1c6Q/s400/Boxoffice_Carman_110549.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W65rYFkgzFY/UHwoPdX9X7I/AAAAAAAAGJA/sM4BN6amsgU/s1600/Boxoffice_Carman_110549_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W65rYFkgzFY/UHwoPdX9X7I/AAAAAAAAGJA/sM4BN6amsgU/s400/Boxoffice_Carman_110549_b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boxoffice Magazine, November 5, 1949</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-34449563822208788062012-06-18T11:16:00.000-07:002012-06-18T11:16:01.914-07:00Indian Ladder Drive-In opening May 1st (1950!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6iY2EJmIh3k/T99vsh-gcII/AAAAAAAAFKY/yyuxE00YnxM/s1600/indianladder02-25-49altent+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6iY2EJmIh3k/T99vsh-gcII/AAAAAAAAFKY/yyuxE00YnxM/s640/indianladder02-25-49altent+2.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-57322209268793899362012-04-16T04:53:00.000-07:002012-04-16T04:53:16.299-07:00Gone, but not forgotten!Soooo... I owe you an apology. It has been some time since I updated the blog, or done any REAL research on our beloved movie houses.<br /><br />I'm sorry.<br /><br />It's a good news, bad news kinda thing.<br /><br />The good news: Along with my business partner we have recently launched Live Lobster Group, LLC.&nbsp;LLG is a media production company where we are currently producing a documentary film on arson-for-profit, during the 1970s, in Boston. We are also producing a web series entitled "New England, USA".<br /><br />The bad news: I have not been able to return to the Albany area to conduct more research and interviews for Project Movie House.<br /><br />I have every intention of getting back soon. Honest.<br /><br />As soon as I can too. I have over due appointments, including; The Spotlight newspaper archives and to conduct a follow-up interview with Bob Conahan and his wife. Bob's Dad built the Mayfair Drive-In in New Scotland.<br /><br />As always, if anyone comes across articles, memorabilia, or knows anyone who has worked at any of the now defunct theaters in the Capital Region, or anyone who might have a story to share, please let me know!<br /><br />Thanks for your patience and understanding,<br />- Allen<br /><br /><a href="http://www.livelobstergroup.com/" target="_blank"><b>Live Lobster Group, LLC</b></a>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-88143291440592899362012-03-08T07:13:00.001-08:002012-03-08T07:13:31.954-08:00What's playing at the Drive-Ins (1957)From the Schenectady Gazette, June 29, 1957. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p8p4HtkcceA/T1jJojaISmI/AAAAAAAAE8Y/DjY1EPSjfWQ/s1600/turnpike_schengazz_062957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p8p4HtkcceA/T1jJojaISmI/AAAAAAAAE8Y/DjY1EPSjfWQ/s400/turnpike_schengazz_062957.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QGBa6ojlogY/T1jJpPNi3KI/AAAAAAAAE8k/iqRH2Lm2BUk/s1600/mohawk_DI_schengazz_062957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="329" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QGBa6ojlogY/T1jJpPNi3KI/AAAAAAAAE8k/iqRH2Lm2BUk/s400/mohawk_DI_schengazz_062957.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMDb | <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045828/" target="_blank"><b>The Golden Blade</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMDb | <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050470/" target="_blank"><b>The Guns of Fort Petticoat</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMDb | <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051181/" target="_blank"><b>The Way to the Gold</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMDb | <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/" target="_blank"><b>12 Angry Men</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMDb | <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050903/" target="_blank"><b>The River's Edge</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMDb | <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050710/" target="_blank"><b>Mister Cory</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMDb | <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049285/" target="_blank"><b>Gun for a Coward</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMDb |<b> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048983/" target="_blank">Bandido</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMDb | <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049683/" target="_blank"><b>Rock Pretty Baby</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IMDb | <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045531/" target="_blank"><b>Back to God's Country</b></a></div>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-3090820047676643182012-02-08T06:35:00.000-08:002012-02-08T06:35:47.894-08:00The "New Scotland" awaits zoning approval. (1940)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aUKycGq35v0/TzKC9MObNMI/AAAAAAAAE54/upndhXzEKfQ/s1600/New+Scotland_boxoffice_020340_32.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aUKycGq35v0/TzKC9MObNMI/AAAAAAAAE54/upndhXzEKfQ/s400/New+Scotland_boxoffice_020340_32.png" width="257" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Although not officially a part of PMH, I have read about and heard about the "New Scotland" before, but this is the first mention I have found&nbsp;of it&nbsp;in any of my research.&nbsp;</div><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-47113196089925491142012-01-31T01:48:00.000-08:002012-01-31T05:23:27.841-08:00No movie at I.O.O.F. Hall on Christmas. (1937)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mYqQ0755VuQ/Tye4p9BpugI/AAAAAAAAE5Y/weIrbVUtCP4/s1600/Alt+Ent+IOOF+122437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mYqQ0755VuQ/Tye4p9BpugI/AAAAAAAAE5Y/weIrbVUtCP4/s320/Alt+Ent+IOOF+122437.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-10294105835679518482012-01-30T10:34:00.001-08:002012-01-30T10:34:45.703-08:00Construction on Colonie Center 1-2 continues, eyeing April opening. (1969)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OEQLHBPNeqo/Tybifj_ajSI/AAAAAAAAE5I/Gw5vhZJIO4M/s1600/cine+1-2+BO+010669.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="114" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OEQLHBPNeqo/Tybifj_ajSI/AAAAAAAAE5I/Gw5vhZJIO4M/s320/cine+1-2+BO+010669.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-8467067284507136632012-01-27T06:14:00.000-08:002012-01-27T06:14:23.311-08:00Fox fails to open on time, but Mohawk Drive-in still open in January! (1969)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PC4dGI6sM04/TyKwg6Bi6DI/AAAAAAAAE3c/v8obJEGujME/s1600/FOX+BO+Mag+010669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PC4dGI6sM04/TyKwg6Bi6DI/AAAAAAAAE3c/v8obJEGujME/s320/FOX+BO+Mag+010669.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-52836897208615758162012-01-26T05:53:00.000-08:002012-01-26T05:57:09.285-08:00What's Playing at the Drive-Ins? (1957)From the Schenectady Gazette, May 27, 1957. Showing at the Carman, Guilderland: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050419/"><b>Funny Face</b></a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044110/"><b>Ten Tall Men</b></a>. At the Mohawk, Colonie: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050419/"><b>Funny Face</b></a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049219/"><b>Flight to Hong Kong</b></a>. And back in Guilderland, at the Turnpike: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049261/"><b>Giant</b></a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143102/"><b>The Amazon Trader</b></a>. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gj-LZekyglM/TyFXom0E9wI/AAAAAAAAE2I/Kwzl1QHuVbI/s1600/schen%2Bgazz%2Bcarman%2B052757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gj-LZekyglM/TyFXom0E9wI/AAAAAAAAE2I/Kwzl1QHuVbI/s400/schen%2Bgazz%2Bcarman%2B052757.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--LPVx7k7FeY/TyFXt-Tv9lI/AAAAAAAAE2Q/KTpR-FjIWXo/s1600/schen%2Bgazz%2Bmohawk%2Bdi%2B052757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--LPVx7k7FeY/TyFXt-Tv9lI/AAAAAAAAE2Q/KTpR-FjIWXo/s400/schen%2Bgazz%2Bmohawk%2Bdi%2B052757.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-75Dl4ZidUsQ/TyFX1HOHjKI/AAAAAAAAE2g/4X3kBy_gJmg/s1600/schen%2Bgazz%2Bturnpike%2B052757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-75Dl4ZidUsQ/TyFX1HOHjKI/AAAAAAAAE2g/4X3kBy_gJmg/s400/schen%2Bgazz%2Bturnpike%2B052757.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-40515221304713716002012-01-23T11:44:00.000-08:002012-01-23T11:44:32.193-08:00RKO Palace & Knickerbocker News Team-Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ck5exZQnEv0/Tx24bmyooQI/AAAAAAAAE1g/0s-NEOSYZfg/s1600/boxoffice_010640_115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="322" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ck5exZQnEv0/Tx24bmyooQI/AAAAAAAAE1g/0s-NEOSYZfg/s400/boxoffice_010640_115.jpg" /></a></div>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-71670913863741188432012-01-16T09:45:00.000-08:002012-01-16T09:45:35.556-08:00'The Three Musketeers' in Albany (1973)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d9kIUf6tI6E/TxRhn2xlU5I/AAAAAAAAEwo/hX9rPnlym7I/s1600/Schenectady%2BGazette%2B032874.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="900" width="389" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d9kIUf6tI6E/TxRhn2xlU5I/AAAAAAAAEwo/hX9rPnlym7I/s900/Schenectady%2BGazette%2B032874.png" /></a></div><i><blockquote><b><i>The Three Musketeers</i></b> is a 1973 film based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It was directed by Richard Lester and written by George MacDonald Fraser (famous for his Flashman series of historical comic novels). It was originally proposed in the 1960s as a vehicle for The Beatles, whom Lester had directed in two other films. It was intended to run for three hours, but later it was split into two, the second part becoming 1974's The Four Musketeers. In 1989, the cast and crew returned to film The Return of the Musketeers, loosely based on Dumas' Twenty Years After.<br /><br />The film adheres closely to the novel, but it also injects a fair amount of humour. It was shot by David Watkins, with an eye for period detail. The fight scenes were choreographed by master swordsman William Hobbs and turn the swashbuckling movies of the Forties and Fifties on their collective ear; these are more like brawls, with the combatants using knees, fists, furniture and even wet laundry as often as they do their swords. The humor also can swing to the bawdy, with some double entendres and a bit of silliness that takes full advantage of Raquel Welch's (as Constance Bonacieux) charms, for instance.</blockquote></i>[via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(1973_film)"><b>Wikipedia</b></a>]<br /><br /><center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/thJiAITu1-4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-36058007041692651202012-01-12T11:19:00.000-08:002012-01-12T19:20:51.251-08:00Albany's Filmrow in 1947In this article, from the February 15, 1947 edition of Boxoffice Magazine, we take a glimpse back in time. At the time it was written the Albany film exchanges served a geographic area of 35,000 miles and over 200 theaters.<br /><i><blockquote>"Film exchanges" were, in the words of film historian Max Alvarez, "agencies engaging in the practice of renting or trading motion pictures" and in the early part of the 20th century, they served as "full-service stores for theater owner/managers."[1] Motion-picture studios owned exchanges and used them to screen their films for potential exhibitors in a local market. Once videocassettes came into use in the 1970s, it was no longer necessary to screen a film in a screening room, and film exchanges fell out of use. [From the article <a href="http://www.enotes.com/topic/Paramount_Film_Exchange_(Pittsburgh)"><b>"Paramount Film Exchange (Pittsburgh)" on enotes.com]</b></a></blockquote></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--9lYhyGENJk/Tw8xTjGUDiI/AAAAAAAAEvE/_kAy1d8On_0/s1600/boxoffice_021547_30.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="619" width="450" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--9lYhyGENJk/Tw8xTjGUDiI/AAAAAAAAEvE/_kAy1d8On_0/s800/boxoffice_021547_30.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AV_nde9CpPY/Tw8xmbipHTI/AAAAAAAAEvQ/HoMPzEAUuTI/s1600/boxoffice_021547_31.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="619" width="450" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AV_nde9CpPY/Tw8xmbipHTI/AAAAAAAAEvQ/HoMPzEAUuTI/s800/boxoffice_021547_31.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KwHCF5X8Eco/Tw8xtaqGvFI/AAAAAAAAEvc/iWSL7daqklw/s1600/boxoffice_021547_32.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="619" width="450" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KwHCF5X8Eco/Tw8xtaqGvFI/AAAAAAAAEvc/iWSL7daqklw/s800/boxoffice_021547_32.png" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K0izYy5ZBxY/Tw8xzOP-SXI/AAAAAAAAEvo/Pom0SgeI4Fs/s1600/boxoffice_021547_33.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="619" width="450" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K0izYy5ZBxY/Tw8xzOP-SXI/AAAAAAAAEvo/Pom0SgeI4Fs/s800/boxoffice_021547_33.png" /></a></div>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-6398112978714243082012-01-11T10:04:00.000-08:002012-01-12T10:36:31.965-08:00Construction of Cinema Center now off?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pGtaT7MjnLg/Tw3O036t_AI/AAAAAAAAEu4/Iofe6dn5ML4/s1600/Colonie%2BCenter%2BBOM%2B061068.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="163" width="350" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pGtaT7MjnLg/Tw3O036t_AI/AAAAAAAAEu4/Iofe6dn5ML4/s400/Colonie%2BCenter%2BBOM%2B061068.png" /></a></div>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-3293647276893710322012-01-10T09:18:00.000-08:002012-01-10T09:18:42.950-08:00Construction to begin on Hellman's Cinema Center.What would eventually become the Colonie Center 1 & 2, started life as a 1,000 seat, single-screen theater in 1968.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f-TRcjpyvWE/TwxrRLKwtFI/AAAAAAAAEtQ/HblmWP7SVdw/s1600/Colonie%2BCenter%2BBOM%2B031168.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="278" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f-TRcjpyvWE/TwxrRLKwtFI/AAAAAAAAEtQ/HblmWP7SVdw/s400/Colonie%2BCenter%2BBOM%2B031168.png" /></a></div><br /><b>Colonie Center 1&2 (1969-1988)</b><br />Hellman's 1969-1974<br />United Artists 1974-1988<br />Twinned in 1978(?)<br /><a href="http://g.co/maps/vy7vf"><b>What's There Now?</b></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectmoviehouse/sets/72157625273528031/"><b>Flickr Photo Set</b></a>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-73116844065842901172012-01-03T07:08:00.000-08:002012-01-03T07:08:40.866-08:00Happy New Year and a little Mohawk Mall Cinema!Happy New Year everyone! I want to apologize for the BIG gap in posting to Project Movie House. David and I have each had a very busy year and PMH kind of got the short end of the stick!<br /><br /><a href="http://lafilmcutter.blogspot.com/"><b>David</b></a> went and won himself a couple of <a href="http://davidblanchardeditor.com/"><b>Telly awards</b></a>, got engaged and then landed a gig at one of the biggest <a href="http://www.insyncad.com/swf/index.php"><b>trailer houses</b></a> in L.A. - Go David!<br /><br />I worked a couple of TV shows that shot episodes locally and then helped launch <a href="http://www.livelobstergroup.com/"><b>Live Lobster Group</b></a>, a media production company in the Boston/New England region. And we're in pre-production on a "arson-for-hire" documentary.<br /><br />So, over the holiday weekend I was feeling nostalgic, David & Rebecca flew in from L.A., and I got to thinking of Project Movie House and what we ought to be working on. And then I remembered (before the big hiatus) that I was going to post some Mohawk Mall Cinemas pics I had found online. I did make contact with the owner of some of these photos and asked if I could use them and if she was interested in being interviewed for the project, and she said yes!<br /><br />Of course by now she thinks I've forgotten all about her and the photos, so I need to re-connect with her and make my apologies. And now, without further ado, here are the Mohawk Mall Cinema pics and their sources...<br /><br />From <a href="https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=357251125389&v=wall"><b><i>I remember when there was a Mohawk Mall.</i></b></a> & Katherine Detrick<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6Eo96FbYZ9o/TwMXNCu5u-I/AAAAAAAAEpU/mEiZB1uKp6I/s1600/25168_1186657521593_1682962991_418247_4027159_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6Eo96FbYZ9o/TwMXNCu5u-I/AAAAAAAAEpU/mEiZB1uKp6I/s400/25168_1186657521593_1682962991_418247_4027159_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zrKqeVOI4N0/TwMXTI_f7PI/AAAAAAAAEpg/2VuY_vhZIyA/s1600/181499_1186658281612_1682962991_418248_8310465_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="306" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zrKqeVOI4N0/TwMXTI_f7PI/AAAAAAAAEpg/2VuY_vhZIyA/s400/181499_1186658281612_1682962991_418248_8310465_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8ZxtEEhY1_s/TwMXykT3LzI/AAAAAAAAEp4/5llaOiLCVU4/s1600/25168_1186658321613_1682962991_418249_1141671_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8ZxtEEhY1_s/TwMXykT3LzI/AAAAAAAAEp4/5llaOiLCVU4/s400/25168_1186658321613_1682962991_418249_1141671_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qnU4lSiZ-Jk/TwMYC1a4bTI/AAAAAAAAEqE/V1u1VV9Sp9w/s1600/25168_1186658361614_1682962991_418250_6796956_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qnU4lSiZ-Jk/TwMYC1a4bTI/AAAAAAAAEqE/V1u1VV9Sp9w/s400/25168_1186658361614_1682962991_418250_6796956_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WRx0sZxg7bw/TwMYIo8feLI/AAAAAAAAEqQ/498wnwnmUN0/s1600/25168_1186658401615_1682962991_418251_4055903_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="300" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WRx0sZxg7bw/TwMYIo8feLI/AAAAAAAAEqQ/498wnwnmUN0/s400/25168_1186658401615_1682962991_418251_4055903_n.jpg" /></a></div><br />From <a href="http://deadmalls.com/"><b><i>DEADMALLS.com</i></b></a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--yttBuzGVc4/TwMZNF51UJI/AAAAAAAAEqc/ZJ2IN0oJUFU/s1600/223748_2069687697302_1098142587_32102465_6867226_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="299" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--yttBuzGVc4/TwMZNF51UJI/AAAAAAAAEqc/ZJ2IN0oJUFU/s400/223748_2069687697302_1098142587_32102465_6867226_n.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-szr7EcKcCvA/TwMZRN1TiHI/AAAAAAAAEqo/LGfdVgBZA0A/s1600/mohawkmall_20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="274" width="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-szr7EcKcCvA/TwMZRN1TiHI/AAAAAAAAEqo/LGfdVgBZA0A/s400/mohawkmall_20.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eLX6GnMsHCg/TwMZVcQcp6I/AAAAAAAAEq0/3V9JSeXB9TE/s1600/mohawkmall_47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="274" width="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eLX6GnMsHCg/TwMZVcQcp6I/AAAAAAAAEq0/3V9JSeXB9TE/s400/mohawkmall_47.jpg" /></a></div>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-56048807463508771182011-08-18T11:01:00.000-07:002011-08-18T11:01:22.667-07:00The Lost Hellman TheatersAs I was researching a couple of other theaters, including the Hellman, when I came across these two newspaper articles. They both address a project I had never heard of and that apparently never came to be: Construction of another Hellman-owned theater at Stuyvesant Plaza on Western Avenue.<br /><br />The first article is from the <i>Altamont Enterprise</i> and is dated April 30, 1965...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m019cg-eYVQ/Tk1QG8efuPI/AAAAAAAAD_o/5fnEyBP2zIE/s1600/alt%2Bent%2Bstuyvesant%2B043065.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="237" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m019cg-eYVQ/Tk1QG8efuPI/AAAAAAAAD_o/5fnEyBP2zIE/s400/alt%2Bent%2Bstuyvesant%2B043065.png" /></a></div><br />The second article, from the <i>Amsterdam Evening Recorder</i> October 5, 1965, had an even bigger surprise included. The Hellman's had planned to build a second theater next to the existing Hellman Theatre on Washington Avenue. I can only imagine how cool that would have been, two giant-screened movie houses right next to each other!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PcbXnQMIB4U/Tk1S44OhGcI/AAAAAAAAD_w/SuXzngcMcuo/s1600/amsterdam%2Beve%2Brecorder_100565.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="604" width="237" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PcbXnQMIB4U/Tk1S44OhGcI/AAAAAAAAD_w/SuXzngcMcuo/s800/amsterdam%2Beve%2Brecorder_100565.png" /></a></div><br /><br />Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-2874066498690530312011-06-28T08:52:00.000-07:002011-08-09T04:16:30.977-07:00The Hellman Theatre<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9LbMIX5nwI/TgjwjAghdII/AAAAAAAADqY/lbU33ZQ9SM4/s1600/hellman_opening.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 217px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k9LbMIX5nwI/TgjwjAghdII/AAAAAAAADqY/lbU33ZQ9SM4/s800/hellman_opening.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623008618994562178" /></a><br />I recall attending the Hellman only three times. Once in the 70's on a class field trip. We watched a screening of "How the West Was Won" (1962) in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinerama"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Cinerama</span></a>! I went back in 1981 to see Roger Moore as James Bond in "For Your Eyes Only" and then again in 1984 to see David Lynch's "Dune." Now, (again) these are the movies I remember.<br /><br />When I saw "How the West Was Won," the Hellman was still a single screen theater, seating over 1,000. I remember the gold curtains on the walls, the plush seats and the massive Cinerama screen - The Hellman Theater was truly a movie palace.<br /><br />Unfortunately by the time we saw "Dune," the theater had been twinned, and very awkwardly so. They literally built a dividing wall down the center of the auditorium, halving the center seating section and not adding another aisle to walk down. The seating was then kind of off-center to the now smaller screen.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">-Allen</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JQKDgHXoT-s/Tgnv20lKtXI/AAAAAAAADr4/TsLtxls9D5M/s1600/west_bond_dune.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 244px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JQKDgHXoT-s/Tgnv20lKtXI/AAAAAAAADr4/TsLtxls9D5M/s800/west_bond_dune.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623289334855284082" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Hellman Theatre</span> (1960-1989)<br />1365 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12206<br /><br />Opened in 1960 on Washington Avenue, across the street from SUNY Albany. Originally designed with a large, very lavish lobby and lounge, and gold draperies throughout the auditorium. The two center sections had gold seats, while the two aisles flanking the walls had blue seats.<br /><br />United Artists took over in the 70’s, and twinned it in the 80’s. It was the last of the Hellman Theatres in the Albany area to close. It sat empty for a few years. The theatre was eventually demolished.<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">(via <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/10414">Cinema Treasures</a>)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1365+Washington+Avenue,+Albany,+NY+12206&ll=42.686205,-73.81289&spn=0.004819,0.008733&client=safari&oe=UTF-8&gl=us&t=h&z=17">What's There Now?</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectmoviehouse/sets/72157625394253794/with/5179167843/">Flickr Photo Set</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lbVgmT02nqM/Tgmkbd_8fLI/AAAAAAAADqo/rH-vJXLsX0g/s1600/hellman%2Bad-001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 193px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lbVgmT02nqM/Tgmkbd_8fLI/AAAAAAAADqo/rH-vJXLsX0g/s400/hellman%2Bad-001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623206401565031602" /></a><br /><center><span style="font-style:italic;">Publication and date unknown.</span></center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rP1CENBkIbY/TgmktkTQ1uI/AAAAAAAADqw/rIa8QYT_lfA/s1600/boxoffice_053060_23.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rP1CENBkIbY/TgmktkTQ1uI/AAAAAAAADqw/rIa8QYT_lfA/s400/boxoffice_053060_23.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623206712494315234" /></a><br /><center><span style="font-style:italic;">Boxoffice Magazine - May 30, 1960</span></center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N1JY3ddv7cA/TgmirsFBaUI/AAAAAAAADqg/1eyFcWFuwNo/s1600/boxoffice_060660_1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N1JY3ddv7cA/TgmirsFBaUI/AAAAAAAADqg/1eyFcWFuwNo/s400/boxoffice_060660_1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623204481199073602" /></a><br /><center><span style="font-style:italic;">Boxoffice Magazine - June 6, 1960</span></center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sqbBKw0Blk8/TgnhCkuZUgI/AAAAAAAADq4/YSlZBMGJzgQ/s1600/070260_MPH_pg_1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sqbBKw0Blk8/TgnhCkuZUgI/AAAAAAAADq4/YSlZBMGJzgQ/s400/070260_MPH_pg_1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623273044083036674" /></a><br /><center><span style="font-style:italic;">Motion Picture Herald - July 2, 1960</span></center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ASkrHAPH6UA/TgnhPFwu-oI/AAAAAAAADrA/VfMDqzPhlq8/s1600/070260_MPH_pg_2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ASkrHAPH6UA/TgnhPFwu-oI/AAAAAAAADrA/VfMDqzPhlq8/s400/070260_MPH_pg_2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623273259109644930" /></a><br /><center><span style="font-style:italic;">Motion Picture Herald - July 2, 1960</span></center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eBYehzMvDtY/TgnhXOa7bKI/AAAAAAAADrI/L8_45FmFtc8/s1600/070260_MPH_pg_3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eBYehzMvDtY/TgnhXOa7bKI/AAAAAAAADrI/L8_45FmFtc8/s400/070260_MPH_pg_3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623273398873058466" /></a><br /><center><span style="font-style:italic;">Motion Picture Herald - July 2, 1960</span></center><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eub5Y-NUeBw/TgnrpJkieAI/AAAAAAAADrQ/taGM-nhup7s/s1600/hellman_final_marquee.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eub5Y-NUeBw/TgnrpJkieAI/AAAAAAAADrQ/taGM-nhup7s/s400/hellman_final_marquee.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623284701925111810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v9HtwGRGOM4/Tgnr1Ko7yuI/AAAAAAAADrY/WVwwF3lIJHk/s1600/hellman_lobby_001.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v9HtwGRGOM4/Tgnr1Ko7yuI/AAAAAAAADrY/WVwwF3lIJHk/s400/hellman_lobby_001.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623284908370414306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-urFtVwcB0n0/Tgnr-mcFczI/AAAAAAAADrg/7ethC3EBAOY/s1600/hellman_lobby_002.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-urFtVwcB0n0/Tgnr-mcFczI/AAAAAAAADrg/7ethC3EBAOY/s400/hellman_lobby_002.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623285070451536690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oYh6AYYle8M/TgnsMUQOyKI/AAAAAAAADro/_TAs4Pc1VgY/s1600/hellman_lobby_003.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oYh6AYYle8M/TgnsMUQOyKI/AAAAAAAADro/_TAs4Pc1VgY/s400/hellman_lobby_003.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623285306088147106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wb8LcvC4580/TgnsV9vNbzI/AAAAAAAADrw/A2AL4YvozvU/s1600/hellman_closing.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 114px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wb8LcvC4580/TgnsV9vNbzI/AAAAAAAADrw/A2AL4YvozvU/s400/hellman_closing.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623285471842758450" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><center>Photos via <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://cinerama.topcities.com/">Cinerama</a></span></center></span>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-57926801981104570822011-06-15T13:59:00.000-07:002011-06-15T14:02:25.701-07:00From the photo archives: Flickr SlideshowClick to start and enjoy the show!<br /><br /> <center><object width="480" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fprojectmoviehouse%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fprojectmoviehouse%2F&user_id=48081508@N06&jump_to="></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=104087"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=104087" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fprojectmoviehouse%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fprojectmoviehouse%2F&user_id=48081508@N06&jump_to=" width="480" height="300"></embed></object></center>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-76777791659888966952011-05-23T09:27:00.001-07:002011-05-23T09:31:03.922-07:00We need your help.If any of you have stories to tell, photos or home movies to share, please contact us.<br /><br />You can call or email me at:<br />603.496.6089<br />or<br />allen.pinney@gmail.com<br /><br />We have had no luck contacting the owner's family of the Indian Ladder Drive-In Theater in New Scotland. If anyone has a lead I can follow-up it would be GREATLY appreciated.<br /><br />Thanks for all your help,<br />- <span style="font-style:italic;">Allen</span><br /><br>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-24798378469399813342011-05-20T16:42:00.000-07:002011-05-20T16:43:14.127-07:00Greetings Movie Goers!I owe all of you an apology. Since my last posting and contact with the Capitol Region things have been very busy here in New Hampshire.<br /><br />Our winter was wild and wacky, then Lisa’s work/travel schedule heated up, I picked up some freelance assignments and I just finished working on an episode of “Unusual Suspects” (Investigation Discovery) for LMNO Productions.<br /><br />But now I’m going to carve out more time for PMH and follow up on contacts I made the last time I was in town. My first three tasks will be a Mayfair Drive-In (on camera) interview, a Mohawk Mall Cinema (on camera) interview and searching the Spotlight Newspaper’s archives (Delmar, NY) for photos and articles.<br /><br />And (as it just comes back to me) I need to transcribe an audio interview about the Mayfair Drive-In. Busy, busy, busy!<br /><br />- <span style="font-style:italic;">Allen</span>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487872816674989833.post-51660426529873785082011-02-16T05:56:00.000-08:002011-03-03T04:36:27.515-08:00What I Remember...<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">What I Remember… Indian Ladder Drive-In</span></span><br /><blockquote>My family often went to the Indian Ladder Drive In. On weekends, as I remember, the ticket-takers would dress up with feathers and war paint. My dad would say, "Thanks, Chief!"<br /><br />It was always a long wait until it got dark enough to start the films. The theater played recorded music over the tinny speaker that we would hang inside the car window. Sometimes we would get one that didn't work, and we'd have to move the car. Those speakers were so unlike the huge surround sound speakers in modern theaters and even in homes. A recorded announcement reminded patrons to remember to put the speaker back on its pole before driving away, but asked that patrons who forgot to just hand the speaker, (its torn wire hanging) to an attendant. I always wondered how many people drove home with the speaker just to avoid the embarrassment of having to hand it in.<br /><br />The show began with a recording of Kate Smith singing "God Bless America." I think there was a flag next to the screen that was lowered at that point. Then the first cartoon would come on - indistinct, because it was still not fully dark. My dad really liked Wiley Coyote - he would laugh till he choked. Eventually the feature film would start. My sister and I, in our pajamas, would try to stay awake through to the end. Rainy nights were a problem. I seem to remember that my dad rigged up a small plastic awning over the windshield on one of those nights.<br /><br />In the summer of 1965, just after graduating from Voorheesville High School, my friend Paul Westbrook and I got jobs working in the snack bar at the Indian Ladder. It was the perfect work schedule for teenagers: 7 pm to 1 am. We sold hot dogs and hamburgers, meat ball sandwiches, pizza, soft drinks, coffee, and of course, popcorn. <br /><br />The snack bar had a small storage closet. At the beginning of the season it was packed solid with boxes of paper napkins, straws, paper cups and the like. One night I was maneuvering a 50-pound can of coconut oil out of the closet when it fell on my toe. The toenail eventually grew back.<br /><br />The big hit movie that summer was "Mary Poppins." It played for a solid month. Paul and I never saw it, but we heard the sound track something like 24 times. Actually, we must have seen it once elsewhere, because we loved the scene where Dick van Dyck, as the old man, says, "When falls the Bank of England, England falls!" We would stop what we were doing every night and go outside to see his perfect backward fall.<br /><br />There was an intermission every night. Paul and I needed to be prepared for the long lines of patrons, who had just viewed the little cartoon of singing popcorn boxes and dancing soda bottles. We were always very pleased if we saw some attractive young lady come in with her buttons done wrong.<br /><br />Things were usually quieter after intermission. When the movie was over, we would close up. I was surprised to learn through my cleaning duties that the ladies' room was quite a bit messier that the men's room. I was also able to learn one night that a certain girl liked me, because she had written her name and mine in lipstick. She undoubtedly did not consider the possibility that my professional duties included cleaning that very lipstick off the wall. (Or, maybe she did think of it!)<br /><br />There was a juice machine that needed to be emptied every night so that the juice could be refrigerated. We learned that if you accidentally grounded yourself against the sink while running the juice into its jug, you'd get a pretty good jolt of electricity. Why didn't we tell Mr. Hallenbeck? <br /><br />Paul and I worked there six nights a week. I remember we returned once as patrons, with our dates. It was a lovely evening. <br /><br />The summer ended, and we went off to college. It never occurred to us to take a photo at the Indian Ladder, and I have no memorabilia. Just memories of a time before cable TV and DVDs, when New Scotland had inexpensive movie theaters, and families and teens could enjoy a summer night of entertainment and, well, ok food under the Helderberg Escarpment.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jerry Shedd<br />Voorheesville Class of ‘65</span></blockquote>Allen Pinneyhttps://plus.google.com/107162241520944902603noreply@blogger.com0